EAST RUTHERFORD — Henry Hynoski was part of a Giants run game three seasons ago that helped produce a Super Bowl championship.

After a week in which he has heard a lot of pessimism about a rush offense slowed by the career-ending loss of David Wilson and the ankle/leg injury that has sidelined Peyton Hillis, Hynoski hasn’t lost confidence in what the Giants can do on the ground in their new West Coast scheme.

With an offensive line that will probably return one starter — left tackle Justin Pugh — and a likely backfield l of rookie Andre Williams and free agent Rashad Jennings, Hynoski hasn’t wavered.

On Saturday, the Giants travel to Indianapolis for their third preseason game, facing a Colts team that could feature Ahmad Bradshaw, the leading rusher Hynoski blocked for in 2011 when the Giants came back late to beat New England.

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Why is Hynoski so confident?

“In that first game, that one drive where we marched the whole way down the field in Canton, was a pretty impressive series for our offense,” he said. “You could just see things click. There were a lot of backside cut-offs opening. We were getting a zone play off the right, a lot of plays getting brought back to the opposite end. Linemen staying on their blocks backside, that really opened things up.”

Then Jennings ripped off a 73-yard touchdown run that sparked the Giants on the way to a 20-14 victory Saturday against Pittsburgh at MetLife Stadium.

“As I’ve always said, when one of the running backs score, I feel like I score,” Hynoski said. “That’s the pride I take in the job. That was vintage. When I was playing in 2012 (blocking for Brandon Jacobs and Bradshaw), we scored on that play a bunch of times. So we’re excited to get the ground game going again and show we’re the physical presence again on the field.”

The one part of the Giants offense that hasnt’t produced is the pass game, which saw Eli Manning not complete any of his three attempts against Pittsurgh. Hynoski says it will come.

“The vertical pass game works when the run game works,” he said. “Everything starts with the run game. That’s something we have to take great pride in and that’s where it all starts, up front in the trenches. That opens things up for the pass game and everything else.”

In high school at Southern Columbia in the coal region of Northeast Pennsylvania, Hynoski ran for more than 7,100 career yards and 113 touchdowns. As a rookie with the Giants, he caught 12 passes for 83 yards as a part-time receiver.

There’s a possibility he could fit into the offense as a pass catcher this season, even lining up as a tight end, as head coach Tom Coughlin speculated this week.

“I’m really asked to do a lot,” Hynoski said. “Right now I can play fullback, running back, and tight end is something I feel I can do, too. ... In this league, the more you can do, the better. It certainly won’t hurt if I can expand my role a little bit more and run pass routes.”

Probably the best blocking back the Giants have had since Maurice Carthon played for the Super Bowl champion teams of 1986 and ’91, Hynoski is currently battling John Conner to get the starting job.

He was injured in the third game last season and had shoulder surgery as Conner took over his role.

“I believe competition helps everybody,” Hynoski said. “So with me and John competing it can only help the team get better.”

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Coughlin said after Thursday’s final workout of training camp that No. 1 pick Odell Beckham Jr. will not play Saturday against the Colts. Curtis Painter will be the backup to Manning, moving ahead of second-year player Ryan Nassib.

“We have had him for individuals and we have had him for a few plays,” Coughlin said of Beckham. “When the few plays are run, he looks to be doing fine. But like everybody they need more repetition, more time on the field. They need to be in that fatigued state to see how they perform then. We need all of those things to take place.”

Coughlin said he expects another full week of practice will allow Beckham to make his first appearance in the Aug. 22 Metlife Bowl against the Jets.